F1 Fanatic Live will also be following the seventh round of the 2012 IndyCar series from the Texas Motor Speedway. The race is on Saturday night in America, which will be the early hours of Sunday morning in the UK.

From as far back as I can remember Formula 1 Grand prixs have always been shown live on the BBC 1 or BBC 2 or ITV So the plan on sunday was just to stay at home because of the crazy British weather relax and enjoy the Grand Prix live so imagine to my horror im scrolling thru all the tv listings and cannot find a start time for the Canadian Grand Prix only today do I find out some of the races are now only going to be shown on Sky which I dont happen to have.In my opinion the change has not been very well advertised and im starting to wonder now just what the hell we pay the ever increasing fee for a TV licence to be able to watch ‘extended highlights’ at a time of night when some people who have to get up early for work on monday mornings are thinking about going to bed is this the start of the end of live races on BBC tv!!!!

Yes, a good opportunity to go off and do something else on Sunday.
But I’m looking forward to the highlights – a whole two hours of it, and even better – no Jake or Eddie Jordan, according to this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jtb2x
(other races have him listed under ‘Credits’)

A bit surprised BBC didn’t bag this as a live race. Usually, more people watch the evening races in the UK. I remember last year, OK it was a bit special, but loads of people were talking about the Canadian GP on the Monday after.

European First Channel, TF1, France, will NOT broadcast the Canadian GP Live but at 1 A.M. Monday Morning! Can you believe it? It’s always the same old story!
French broadcaster does NOT like F1, they start broadcasting 5 minutes ahead of a GP and shut it down just after the podium ceremony, plus for several years now they do NOT broadcast Practices and even Qualy. Sad!
TF1 gives us 5 ads of 5 minutes each during a GP Race, thanks they let us watch the racing-hour left with poor commentaries and useless anecdotes.
So, as I can’t pay for quality here in France, as mates can do in England or Germany, I have to watch it on streaming, delighted by David Croft and Martin Brundle!

We’re entering that stupid time of year in the US when races are shown on FOX instead of on SpeedTV. (However, the pre- and post-race coverage will still be on SpeedTV.) At least the Canadian GP will be shown live, because it’s on in the late morning/afternoon here anyway.

Other sessions this weekend will be shown as usual (FP1 and FP3 streaming on SpeedTV.com, FP2 and qualifying on SpeedTV).

A 22.30 start time on a Sunday evening is an absolute joke. Surely they are not choosing to wait that long after the end of the race to start their highlights? This weekend is the worst yet for the viewer and I’m sure lead to a MASSIVE drop on audience numbers from last year.

I am fairly sure there will be a clause determining the minumum amount of time BBC have to wait before broadcasting highlights – it is the same with football, which is why Match Of The Day has always been on after 10pm. It forces you to choose between waiting until late or shelling out for a subscription…

Sky probably didn’t give them a chance to for exactly that reason, best opportunity for them to try and grab peak time viewers.
BBC pick first (taking UK, Monaco, closing?), then it’s Skys turn and I bet these two were in their first three choices.